Is The "Hopsicle" The Worst Idea In Drinking History?

by BILLY GRAY · August 12, 2010

Diablo Royale Este has taken the mostly forgotten "icing" trend to a new, distressingly literal level. The hopsicle is a "a frozen can of beer, sliced in half and served like a Push Pop for big kids." Drink, or rather lick, up?-

As Urban Daddy, who had the privilege of introducing this creation, describes it, the hopsicle sounds downright artisanal:

"Barman-witchdoctors at Diablo have taken the 'icy' bit quite literally, injecting...beer with simple syrup and lime juice, jamming a wooden stick into the hole of the can and then putting it in the freezer. For four days. The result is a genuine beer popsicle, which the bartender must saw in half with a serrated steak knife (or samurai sword) to open."

For one thing, we all learned that beer is sticky when it was our turn to mop the dorm room floor after a frosh year kegger. The slow, stealth drip of Tecate onto our hands as the Hopsicle melts away would make for the wrong kind of sticky fingers during a night out. For another, the edges of that sawed-off can must be sharp. Not since shotgunning a Natty Light has drinking posed such a threat to your booze portal.

Certain treats, like Charleston Chews, taste better frozen. Some prefer a frozen margarita to the real thing. And there's nothing inherently wrong with enjoying your alcohol in solid form. I wouldn't judge post-grads who never moved past the jello shot phase. Well, I wouldn't judge them audibly.

But although the hopsicle doesn't quite rival vodka eyeballing in terms of sheer drunken stupidity, it should raise eyebrows. Especially if you order it doused in tequila.